The indictment reportedly accusing Hezbollah members of killing a former prime minister will fuel unrest, not justice. Hicham Safieddine. The indictment delivered by the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to Lebanon’s state prosecutor Saeed Merza marks the latest twist in a widely publicised and highly controversial operation of international […]
Unknown attackers blow up Sinai pipeline that supplies gas to Jordan and Israel. A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been hit by an explosion in the Sinai peninsula. The explosion on Monday sent flames into the sky, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. […]
By Majeda El Batsh, Agence France-Presse NABLUS, Palestinian Territories – In the northern West Bank city of Nablus, a small and ancient Samaritan community is managing to make ends meet by dabbling in the age-old practice of fortune-telling. University Avenue, in the hill-ringed city of Nablus, is lined with white […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police briefly detained a leading rabbi Sunday as part of a widening probe into a treatise suspected of inciting the murder of Arabs. The investigation has pitted authorities in the Jewish state against far-right West Bank settlers and has led to scuffles outside government institutions in […]
Jewish state gains nine spots over last year’s position in GII, which recognizes key role of innovation as driver of economic growth and prosperity. The top three ranked countries in the Index are Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore. The United States is ranked seventh with Canada below them at eight. The […]
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is sometimes uniquely simple for such a subject that causes people to dedicate their lives to the study of it. Precipitating events can sometimes highlight the distance between the two countries in the most blatant and simple ways. Never before has this been so true since the […]
Two of the foreign ships experienced similar forms of sabotage, creating allegations of Israeli responsibility. The reports that two of the foreign flagged ships planning to be part of the ten vessel Freedom Flotilla II experienced similar forms of disabling sabotage creates strong circumstantial evidence of Israeli responsibility. It stretches […]
Today Palestine has the recognition of 117 nations, I hope those who have not recognized the state of Palestine to live side by side in peace and security with the state of Israel, will do so as soon as possible, said Abbas. AMSTERDAM, June 30, 2011 (WAFA) – Palestinian president […]
When a staunch critic of Barack Obama and long-time contributor and supporter of Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Israeli prime minister he a bigger part of the problem than the solution in the search for Mideast peace, it’s important. World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said his old pal should be […]
By ARAB NEWS WASHINGTON: The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) and Americans for Peace Now (APN) started their joint summer internship program on Thursday. ATFP is hosting an Israeli student, and APN is hosting a Palestinian student. This is the third time that ATFP and APN, a pro-Palestinian organization […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli scholars have confirmed the authenticity of a 2,000-year-old burial box that appears to bear the name of a relative of the high priest Caiaphas mentioned in the New Testament, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday. The find offers support for the existence of the biblical Caiaphas, […]
Holders of the Sara and Myra exploration licenses off Israel’s Mediterranean coast said today that a seismic survey showed they may hold 6.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. “This is an excellent report for us and for the energy sector,” Ohad Marani, the chief executive officer of Israel Land […]
BEIRUT: Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah’s acknowledgment that three members of Hezbollah had been caught spying, two of them for the CIA, is the first time that the party has admitted in public that a Western intelligence organization has infiltrated its ranks. The internal security of Hezbollah is known to be formidable. […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS ASTANA, Kazakhstan: The secretary-general of the renamed Organization of Islamic Cooperation has called for a decade of action on political reforms and peaceful resolutions for Palestine, Libya and Syria. “The Muslim world is confronted with some serious developments with direct impact on its stability, […]
JERUSALEM — With a concentration of start-ups just behind that of Silicon Valley and an impressive pool of engineers, Israel is becoming the new standard for high-tech, with a unique business model. Internet-related activities contributed 9 billion euros (12.6 billion dollars) to the Israeli economy in 2009, representing 6.5 percent […]
AMMAN (JT) – UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on Monday voted in favour of a Jordanian and Arab decision on the city of Jerusalem and Bab Al Magharbeh. The decision was made during the 35th session of UNESCO’s executive board, which was held yesterday in Paris with the participation of a […]
Assimilation of Diaspora Jews fulfills Hitler’s vision Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman compares ‘horrific’ overseas assimilation to Hitler’s plans in panel on conversion policy at President’s Conference in Jerusalem. Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman said on Thursday that assimilation into non-Jewish society overseas is threatening to do for Judaism what Adolf Hitler […]
Despite government target of 10% Arab employees in Israel’s public sector by 2012, figures presented to Knesset by Council for Higher Education show only 2.7% of teaching staff, 1.7% of administrative staff at colleges and universities are Israeli Arabs. Arabs make up a mere 2.7 percent of the academic teaching […]
BEIRUT: Two Hezbollah members have confessed to working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and a third had links to an as-yet-undetermined foreign intelligence service, the group’s leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Friday, admitting for the first time the penetration of one of the most secretive organizations in the region. […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli prime minister’s 19-year-old son — a military spokesman — posted derisive comments about Arabs and Muslims on his Facebook page, drawing a slap on the wrist from his superiors and focusing new attention on the controversial first family. Earlier this year, Yair Netanyahu posted that […]